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July 11, 2007

Re: Jumbo-Sized Birdhouses

R.T.,

Any pictures of Burger Chef birdhouses standing? We lost out last one in Paducah Ky 3 or 4 years ago. I know of another about 80 miles away. How about pictures of them?

Jim

Dear Jim,

I'm not aware of any in the wild. I know there's an oversized one on display at Schroeder's in Danville, IL. You see the regular-sized ones on EBay periodically, but it looks like they've spent more time in someone's garage than housing birds. I'm attaching a picture of the one at Schroeder's.

If you ever come across any photos of any others I'd be happy to post them for you.

Cheers,

R.T.

R.T.,

Great. Thanks for the picture. I know of one in the wild. It is not well kept, but intact. It is about 80 miles away. By the way, I am from Paducah, Ky. Home of WKYX radio.

Comments

Yeah...I know of one that appears to be in decent shape in Harvey Michigan which is just a few miles South of Marquette on U.S. 41 South of the Welcome Center and the Prison and North of the intersection of 41 and 28.
The guy is selling his house and I imagine you could buy the birdhouse separately.

I have the large size in my front yard. It was given to me in pretty bad shape. We had to do paint and repair but tried not to change it much. The Michigan weather has worked on it. It probably should be repainted again.

I just purchased a jumbo Burger Chef birdhouse over the weekend. I've watched it and wanted it for 40 years. I finally stopped and made an offer. Mine for $10.00! It's never had any maintenance. It's not in terrible shape, but it's not in good shape, either. I'm interested in having it restored. Does anyone have any ideas? I live in Van Wert, OH.

These bird houses are a rare find, but I found and bought one in March of 2011 for $51 It is in very good condition, although it was outside for a number of years. It is the smaller Wren house, but would also love to have a large advertising model. My Wren house still has the original leather ties. Thanks to Burger Chef for creating a wonderful piece of history!

I still have two of the original Bird Houses, my Father, Art Dolan, owned four stores in Jackson, Michigan and I was the kid who had to go out and convince people to put them in their yards. I did all but two of which I still have.